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Date:      Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:44:17 +0100
From:      Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To:        Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Using port system in network using proxy server
Message-ID:  <20040922144416.GD21098@lb.tenfour>
In-Reply-To: <20040922132118.35334.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040922132118.35334.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com>

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* Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> [0933 14:33]:
> Good day!
> 
>    Do you have any idea on how I can install through
> freebsd port system when my internet connection is on
> LAN and our LAN uses proxy server? I can set the proxy
> details easily in my web browsers but I don't know how
> to do it in making ports. Some sort of proxy
> environment variable perhaps?

export http_proxy=http://your.proxy:3128

(don't forget the http:// prefix - I think there's a ftp_proxy too?)

-- 
A sine curve goes off to infinity or at least the end of the blackboard.
		-- Prof. Steiner
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns



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